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Meanwhile, something strange is going on throughout China. Notable Chinese fighters and sites famous for their martial arts are being attacked by ninja. As the time of the duel comes closer, Ching Wan and Hashimoto uncover a plot to rig the fight for sinister purposes. The movie follows their delving into the conspiracy.
Note: there are at least two fairly different English dubs, so depending on which one you've seen (or if you've seen the movie subtitled or in the original language) your experience of the tropes used could be different.
Note: there are at least two fairly different English dubs, so depending on which one you've seen (or if you've seen the movie subtitled or in the original language) your experience of the tropes used could be different.
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Meanwhile, something strange is going on throughout China. Notable Chinese fighters and sites famous for their martial arts are being attacked by ninja. As the time of the duel comes closer, Ching Wan and Hashimoto uncover a plot to rig the fight for sinister purposes. The movie then follows their delving attempts to delve into the conspiracy.
Note: there are at least two fairly different Englishdubs, dubs which have sometimes significant differences in their translations, so depending on which one you've seen (or if you've seen the movie subtitled or in the original language) your experience of the tropes used could be different.
Note: there are at least two fairly different English
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* BarehandedBladeBlock: Subverted. [[spoiler:Ching Wan grabs Hashimoto's blade with one hand out of desperation during the final duel. Hashimoto responds by rotating the blade, severing Ching Wan's fingers.]]
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* BarehandedBladeBlock: Subverted.The usual treatment of this trope is subverted. [[spoiler:Ching Wan grabs Hashimoto's blade with one hand out of desperation during the final duel. Hashimoto responds by rotating the blade, severing Ching Wan's fingers.]]
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* TakingYouWithMe: When the ninjas are being overwhelmed while attacking Ching Wan's monastery, they elect to do this rather than be captured.
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* TakingYouWithMe: When the ninjas are being overwhelmed while attacking Ching Wan's monastery, they elect to do this light up suicide vests and grab the nearest of the Shaolin that they can reach rather than be captured.
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* WellDoneSonGuy: The main reason Ching Wan cares about the Duel is because he is trying to please his various mentors and father figures.
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* WellDoneSonGuy: The main reason Ching Wan cares about the Duel is because he is trying to please his various mentors and father figures. [[spoiler:At the end, he grows sick of bloodshed and tries to refuse the duel, but Hashimoto manages to force him into it by murdering the abbot, leaving him with a need to avenge his master.]]
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* EverybodyDiesEnding: By the end of the movie nearly every character with a name is dead or dying, (as it's strongly implied that Hashimoto is on the edge of death and Ching Wan is slowly dying from his wounds at the end of the duel) and the one character who ''isn't'' confirmed dead is [[spoiler:the Lord of Heavenly Sword House]], who was last seen a crying wreck over the body of [[spoiler:Sheng Nan]], perhaps having gone insane from grief.
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* EverybodyDiesEnding: By the end of the movie nearly every character with a name is dead or dying, (as it's strongly implied that Hashimoto [[spoiler:Hashimoto]] is on the edge of death and Ching Wan [[spoiler:Ching Wan]] is slowly dying from his wounds at the end of the duel) and the one character who ''isn't'' confirmed dead is [[spoiler:the Lord of Heavenly Sword House]], who was last seen a crying wreck over the body of [[spoiler:Sheng Nan]], perhaps having gone insane from grief.
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* HopeSpot: Kind warrior Ching Wan and the stubbornly honorable Hashimoto have put aside the differences of nationality and culture to foil the underhanded plot of the Shogun, kill his treacherous [[TheDragon Dragon]], and defeat his foot soldiers. Ching Wan has saved the life of his Shaolin mentor, and presumably all the other captives have been similarly liberated and set free to return to their lives. While the death of [[spoiler:Sheng Nan]] is tragic, for a moment it looks like things might be resolved with a minimum of death and destruction. And then Hashimoto insists on fighting the duel, and when Ching Wan refuses, he murders the helpless abbott to force Ching Wan into it. Things immediately go to hell from there.
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* DiedStandingUp: [[spoiler:Hashimoto stabs himself through the foot so that his sword will prop up his body.]]
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* DownerEndingDownerEnding: [[spoiler:Sheng Nan is accidentally killed by her own father. Ching Wan decides he doesn't want to fight, but Hashimoto forces the matter by murdering the abbot. The two fight, and while Hashimoto dies, Ching Wan is so badly wounded (including losing an arm and most of his left hand) he is almost certainly about to die himself.]]
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* EverybodyDiesEnding: By the end of the movie nearly every character with a name is dead or dying, (as it's strongly implied that Hashimoto is on the edge of death and Ching Wan is slowly dying from his wounds at the end of the duel) and the one character who ''isn't'' confirmed dead is [[spoiler:the Lord of Heavenly Sword House]], who was last seen a crying wreck over the body of [[spoiler:Sheng Nan]], perhaps having gone insane from grief.
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* KillEmAll: By the end of the movie the only named character who's still definitely alive and sane is [[spoiler:Ching Wan]], and he's been stabbed in the chest, had one arm cut off and lost all the fingers from the hand on his remaining arm, so his long term prospects aren't looking all that good.
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* CoversAlwaysLie: See Creator/AndyLau on the left side of the above poster? Too bad Lau never appears at any point in this movie.
